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If you’ve not owned a fiver before, I’d suggest that aiming to make this your one and only fiver purchase might be a tad unrealistic - most of us go through a few before we work out what we really like in a five string, they’re not really the same as four strings. It’s a bit like asking what girl you should marry, and that you’re willing to date one and only one 😂

I’d definitely be game for a 30-33” six string!

35”, damn it.

£249 delivered: Fender SQ Affinity PJ Bass Pack BSB Squier Affinity PJ Electric Bass: Body: Poplar Neck: Maple Fretboard: Indian laurel (Terminalia elliptica) 20 Medium jumbo frets Nut width: 41.3 mm (1,625") Scale: 864 mm (34") Pickup: 1 Standard Jazz Bass single coil (bridge) and 1 P-Bass single coil Standard bridge Colour: Brown Sunburst Rumble 15 Electric Bass Combo: Power: 15 W 1x 8" Fender Special Design Speaker 1x Jack input Controls for Volume, Bass, Mid, Treble Headphone output Mini jack stereo AUX input Additional accessories: Cable Strap Gig bag Fender Play trial (free online course for 90 days https://m.thomann.de/gb/fender_sq_affinity_pj_bass_pack_bsb_441281.htm?o=1&search=1602536931

£199 delivered: Harley Benton PJ-4 HTR Deluxe Series Set Harley Benton HB-20B Thomann CTG-10 Clip Tuner Harley Benton PJ-4 HTR Deluxe Series Thomann E-Bass Gigbag Eco the sssnake IPP1030 Thomann Nylonstrap https://m.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_pj_4_htr_deluxe_series_set_1.htm?o=12&search=1602536931

I’m trying to get more bass uptake both at the school where I teach and the church where I worship. One obvious initial obstacle is getting a little setup which bass beginners / guitar-playing dabblers can afford while they figure out if they want to get serious. So recommend me a little setup! I think we’ll need a bass, a small amp, and a cable. If they can be ordered in one go from a retailer (or purchased locally) then all the better. Links and prices appreciated!

Yeah, probably going to be all sorts of proportion issues too.

The issue here is that Eurosender are recommended as a sort of partner by this site, so it doesn’t inspire confidence if they are reliably unreliable. FWIW, I have used them once to send a Sadowsky to the Netherlands for a trade, and it was a successful delivery.

If you aren’t fussy about it being Fender style then I have a 2+2 medium scale neck I’m think of offloading. If you are, I have a Gypsy Rose 32” P/J project that I’m also thinking of offloading.

Not yet - I’ve taken it out once for church, and found that: 1. I’d forgotten to intonate it. D’oh! 2. There was a grounding hum only resolvable by touching one of the knobs. The first was easy to fix, the second I think requires me to sand part of the finish off the bridge so it can contact properly with the grounding wire. Haven’t gotten around to that yet. I reckon I will be upgrading one or both pickups and also the preamp. Will probably put in the Glockenklang that came with my Sadowsky NYC, and as for the pickups I’ll wait for something suitable to come along secondhand.

Photo? Active or passive? How many controls, and are any stacked?